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“alan s bowman”

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  • Ticks

    Biology, Disease and Control

    Edited by Alan S. Bowman, Patricia A. Nuttall ...
    Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology ... Read more

    $114.99 USD

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  • The Insects

    Structure and Function

    by R. F. Chapman ...
    The Insects has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman's original text, this long-awaited 5th edition has been revised and expanded by a team of eminent insect physiologists, bringing it fully up-to-date for the molecular era. The chapters retain the successful structure of the earlier editions, focusing ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Ant Encounters

    Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior

    by Deborah M. Gordon ...
    Series series Primers in Complex Systems
    How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony. Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Quest for the Perfect Hive

    A History of Innovation in Bee Culture

    by Gene Kritsky ...
    Beekeeping is a sixteen-billion-dollar-a-year business. But the invaluable honey bee now faces severe threats from diseases, mites, pesticides, and overwork, not to mention the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder, which causes seemingly healthy bees to abandon their hives en masse, never to return. In The Quest for the Perfect Hive, entomologist Gene Kritsky offers a concise, beautifully ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Life in a Gall

    The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls

    by Rosalind Blanche ...
    What are plant galls and how are they caused? This book introduces the Australian native insects that induce galls on plants and the plant species that host them. It explores the ways the insects have adapted to living part of their lives in the confined spaces of galls, and describes the strategies employed by different insect groups to find a suitable site to induce a gall, obtain food, mate and ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Physiological Systems in Insects

    by Marc J. Klowden ...
    Physiological Systems in Insects discusses the roles of molecular biology, neuroendocrinology, biochemistry, and genetics in our understanding of insects. All chapters in the new edition are updated, with major revisions to those covering swiftly evolving areas like endocrine, developmental, behavioral, and nervous systems. The new edition includes the latest details from the literature on hormone ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Insect Endocrinology

    Edited by Lawrence I. Gilbert ...
    The publication of the extensive seven-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science provided a complete reference encompassing important developments and achievements in modern insect science. One of the most swiftly moving areas in entomological and comparative research is endocrinology, and this volume, Insect Endocrinology, is designed for those who desire a comprehensive yet concise work ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Medical Entomology for Students

    by Mike Service ...
    Despite numerous scientific investigations on vector-borne human infections such as malaria, Lyme disease and typhus these diseases continue to threaten human health. Understanding the role of vectors in disease transmission, and the most appropriate control strategies, is therefore essential. This book provides information on the recognition, biology, ecology and medical importance of the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Evolution of the Insects

    by David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel ...
    Series series Cambridge Evolution Series
    Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the 3 billion-year history of life on Earth, and the most ecologically dominant animals on land. This book chronicles for the first time the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems

    Edited by David Shuker, Leigh Simmons ...
    Insects display a staggering diversity of mating and social behaviours. Studying these systems provides insights into a wide range of evolutionary and behavioural questions, such as the evolution of sex, sexual selection, sexual conflict, and parental care. This edited volume provides an authoritative update of the landmark book in the field, The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems (Thornhill and ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Skin and Arthropod Vectors

    Edited by Nathalie Boulanger ...
    Recent research on skin immunity and the skin microbiome reveals the complexity of the skin and its importance in the development of immunity against arthropod-borne diseases. In diseases such as malaria, borreliosis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, etc., the skin interface has been shown as an essential site for pathogens to hide from the immune system, and as a potential site of persistence. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 1

    Introduction and Subfamily Lamiinae

    by Adam Slipinski, Hermes Escalona ...
    Longhorn Beetles — Cerambycidae are one of the most easily recognised groups of beetles, a family that worldwide encompasses over 33,000 species in 5,200 genera. With over 1,400 species classified in 300 genera, this is the sixth largest among 117 beetle families in Australia. These beetles often attack and kill living forest or orchard trees and develop in construction timber (like European House ... Read more

    $107.99 USD